It will be written by The Newsroom's Gideon Yago and produced by Robert Tapert, the executive producer of Spartacus.

Deadline reports that the drama will be a coming-of-age story based around the lives of a young helicopter crew in the Vietnam War. It follows them as they fight for survival, sanity and their souls.

Yago stated: "Even though we are using Vietnam and the early days of air cavalry as a backdrop, our hope is to bring the audience timeless stories about what makes a hero and how a group of young people fight to retain their humanity in the midst of a surreal and terrible conflict."

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Tapert added: "Airborne will capture the human story of war - a story of love, loss and sacrifice."

Tapert is also a producer on the Evil Dead remake, which is out now in the US and is released in the UK on April 18.